{"id":443,"date":"2009-07-13T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T00:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?p=443"},"modified":"2009-07-13T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T00:01:12","slug":"toonai-grading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/toonai-grading\/","title":{"rendered":"“To’ona’i” – Grading"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Or Feedback – Another Thought<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

As an audience member, the film or television series or theatre piece that I derive the most pleasure from is the one where I have to work hard at keeping up with the story, busily making connections not spelt out, and putting the pieces together. It makes me feel smart<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Imagined ego-stroking aside, I like the experience where I’m not<\/em> a passive observer of events, where I have to read more into the nuances and subtext of what I’m seeing and hearing.\u00a0 I don’t have to be sitting on the shoulder of the protagonist throughout. It’s like I’m… physically in the middle of the action wherever it takes – still invisible, still passive – and I have only the information available to the characters around me, and… discovering the story as it unfolds<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I feel… involved<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It’s a mean trick to do that.<\/p>\n

So I’ve got this wee film<\/a> that’s had a bunch of test screenings from rough cut to a graded and mixed cut, and the feedback and the comments I’ve received have been pretty consistent while I, for my part, have been just a leetle myopic in taking it all on board.\u00a0 After each screening, I’ve swung<\/span> tended one way or the other in trying to appease imagined audiences<\/span> minimise narrative confusion.<\/p>\n

Have I done too much?<\/p>\n

Or not enough?<\/p>\n

I don’t know. \u00a0I’ve written the dialogue with subtext and whatever it is that’s described as it’s what’s not<\/strong><\/em> said<\/em>. \u00a0Its structure is classic – the finished product may require some concentration but the execution is consistent. \u00a0Amit<\/strong> says that I’ve hit the emotional beats. \u00a0 James<\/strong> is sneaking in all sorts of filters, having quickly established how technically and aesthetically blind<\/em> I am.<\/p>\n

And thanks to the generosity and honesty of the test audiences, I think I’ve done all I can to tell the story the way I want to. I have to get over myself. How the audience watches the finished product is out of my hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Or Feedback – Another Thought.) As an audience member, the film or television series or theatre piece that I derive the most pleasure from is the one where I have to work hard at keeping up with the story, busily making connections not spelt out, and putting the pieces together. It makes me feel smart. … <\/p>\n

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